What an amazing development? Someone in a democratic country exspressing an opinion that differs with the policies of the elected government. How soon will he be assasinated? If he were a Palestinian who criticized the Palestinian leadership he would already be pushing up daisies.

quote:While Obama and Congress oppose it and are doing everything in their powers to block it.

All disputes between the Israelia and the Arabs are the result of a war of aggression started by the Arabs according to international law. Such disputes must be resolved between the belligerent countries. Outside interference does nothing except strengthen the resolve of both parties. Thus symbolic gestures like the U.N. vote are counterproductive to negotiations for peace. Obama and Congress got this one right.

quote:What an amazing development? Someone in a democratic country exspressing an opinion that differs with the policies of the elected government. How soon will he be assasinated? If he were a Palestinian who criticized the Palestinian leadership he would already be pushing up daisies.

All disputes between the Israelia and the Arabs are the result of a war of aggression started by the Arabs

Because all Arabs are just Arabs right? It was not the State of Palestine , but other Nations which have now recognized Israel which invaded.

You probably will not be physically assassinated in the Democratic US for daring to criticize/disagree with Israel ,but you will be assassinated politically/personally.

It's only a one sided race to see who can suck up to Aipac/Israel the most.

Perhaps Fat Bastard and Poodlebrain can explain to the rest of us why the U.S. is so isolated on this issue. Does the whole world want to see Israel "wiped off the map"? Or perhaps the U.S. is just on the wrong side of history?

This is just a BS symbolic gesture that has no bearing on U.N. Resolution 242. Asking Israel to go back to the 1967 borders just isn't going to happen. Yasser Arafat knew this, but still he rejected offers of peace from Israel.

I don't really care what the rest of the world thinks on this issue. The rest of the world sucked up to the Soviet Union at the U.N., and history showed the wisdom of those decisions.

quote:Perhaps Fat Bastard and Poodlebrain can explain to the rest of us why the U.S. is so isolated on this issue. Does the whole world want to see Israel "wiped off the map"? Or perhaps the U.S. is just on the wrong side of history

I will help. A good portion of the world is brain washed by Radical Islam. Like some idiots in this thread. I would school you further but seeing that u didn't respond the last time I schooled you there us no point.

quote:This is just a BS symbolic gesture that has no bearing on U.N. Resolution 242.

If it was such a meanungless gesture, why did the U.S. and Israel pull out all stops trying to block it and why is it being reported as a major blow to the Netanyau government? Here isa sampling of the headlines from Haaretz and the Jerusalem Post:

Why should Israel accept the 1967 borders? What makes them any more permanent than the 1948 borders? Why was Israel allowed to keep territory captured in 1948, but it must give up all territory captured in 1967? The facts of who started each war are not in dispute, it was the Arabs. In each war, the Arabs lost territory, why is one war different than the next? U.N. Resolution 242 does not require Israel to give back any of the territory it captured and occupied. It only requires Israel to negotiate for permanent disposition of the territory.

And as far as the Palestinian claim to a Right of Return, where is this recognized under international law? U.N. General Assembly Resolution 181 that called for the partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states addressed this issue in Part I, Chapter 3. If the Palestinians are going to rely on Resolution 181 as the basis for their right to have a state, then they should also have to rely on the same for determining who has citizenship in either state. And Resolution 181 was rather specific as to the conditions for Arabs having citizenship in Israel and vice versa. There was a one year window for making the claim. Palestine decalared its independence on November 15, 1988. How many Arab residents of Palestine applied for Israeli citizenship within the next year? Only those would have any claim to a right of return according to U.N. Resolution 181.